eYe am Adenike Amen-Ra.
eYe am a Crystal Star Child of the Universe.
eYe am an Indigo, Tutsi East Afrikan, and Natchez American.
My Ancestors were free people in the Americas before Columbus.
Art is my healing expression, my Medicine, meditation, and prayer.
Art is also revolutionary activism. I create art in improvisation, using natural and recycled elements.
My art is a meditation for propitiation to elemental powers and Gri-Gri for communication and protection through my ancient Ancestors.
I use Visual, symbolic, Amulets, JuJu, Heka, Mandalas, Yantra Tantra Mantra, Weaving, Welding, spoken words, chants, Performance, and natural energy to express the inner-verse of mind, body, and spirit.
In 1991, Adenike’s Arts opened specializing in original handcrafted notions and accessories. Creating is a healing holistic therapy for the wellness of our Gnomes and Klans! I grew Vegetables and flowers as a companion garden. I grew Gourds with the 3 Sisters of Popcorn and green beans. I made my Shekere, a purse, and a musical instrument known as the Mbira- a finger piano. I planted my grandson's placenta with a rose bush and harvested the Mulberries surrounding my fenceline, for a natural dye for Fabrics and hand-woven articles. along with Jams and Muffins. I operated a mobile vending business, and I work with portrait Painting, Handcrafts, and IT Digital Visual Communications. There is a world of difference between the ego expressions of Western European art(s) and the functional, spiritual, and environmental connectedness of Indigo Afrikan Arts. In African art, everything was decorated and used, and nothing was wasted from the environment that was taken. This is how I began working with recycled materials.
I was inspired by my studies in Anthropology, (which, at the time, was the only way that I could learn about African Art.) and studied the lost wax Bronze casting process, and Arc Welding. I would like to create relief Murals and monumental sculptures like the Freedom Fountain.
After college, I later studied in a local ASCAC Study Group (Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations,) reading the Authors: John G. Jackson, and George G.M. James, Dr. Amos Wilson, Ivan Van Sertima, Gerald Massey, Albert Churchward, and my all-time favorite, Cheikh Anta Diop, and learned that Our Ancient Afrikan Descendents were genius Scientists, designers, Builders, Craftsmen, Rulers, growing empires in family-based systems. They always paid humble propitiation to the elemental powers of nature for EVERYTHING that they needed. I also learned that waste was forbidden in most traditional African communities. So the aspect of recycling, repurposing, and reusing items was not only an intentional and practical endeavor but is a vital necessity in my pursuit to live in harmony with creation. I became an environmentalist and studied to become an East Afrikan KaMaTa (Kemetic), Priestess. My focus is in Youth and Family Development. I create Educational Materials that reflect the African Diaspora. I enjoy Mandela Sip and Create events, Vision boards, and Teaching Artists-to-Activism, Sustainable environmentalism, and environmental design.
I have enjoyed being a Queen mom of many Grand Princesses and Princes, living in the urban Kansas City Area. I am always looking for solutions to the cycles of violence, health disparities, poverty, and inequalities in wealth, that has been placed against Indigo Children of Afrikan Descent. I left the Public School system in Kansas City, Missouri as an Exceptional Ed. Teacher, with the goal of changing the nutritional disadvantages within the neighborhood that I worked in, as an Urban Grower/Farmer. I was one of the few teachers who lived where I worked. My home was 4 blocks down the street, from Central High School. It was the same house that broke the US real estate redline barrier, back in the 1950s. To recall that people of African Descent could not live in segregated regions of Kansas City, and now to experience the paradox of reverse segregation, where people of African descent would be denied home improvement loans, business loans, and insurance products, that would enhance their homes, and neighborhoods, while the war of drug was dumped upon our neighborhoods. The majority of the student population in the urban environment is African American, while the teachers are predominantly Caucasians, who maintain and impose a middle-class value system of assimilation, just like the Native Boarding schools.
I have enjoyed being a Queen mom of many Grand Princesses and Princes, living in the urban Kansas City Area. I am always looking for solutions to the cycles of violence, health disparities, poverty, and inequalities in wealth, that has been placed against Indigo Children of Afrikan Descent. I left the Public School system in Kansas City, Missouri as an Exceptional Ed. Teacher, with the goal of changing the nutritional disadvantages within the neighborhood that I worked in, as an Urban Grower/Farmer. I was one of the few teachers who lived where I worked. My home was 4 blocks down the street, from Central High School. It was the same house that broke the US real estate redline barrier, back in the 1950s. To recall that people of African Descent could not live in segregated regions of Kansas City, and now to experience the paradox of reverse segregation, where people of African descent would be denied home improvement loans, business loans, and insurance products, that would enhance their homes, and neighborhoods, while the war of drug was dumped upon our neighborhoods. The majority of the student population in the urban environment is African American, while the teachers are predominantly Caucasians, who maintain and impose a middle-class value system of assimilation, just like the Native Boarding schools.
Adenike is a Yoruba, Nigerian name That was gifted to me, by a Youraba Family. Adenike means: (The Crown is Precious)
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AmenRa means (The sacred hidden one who manifests enlightenment)
My spiritual Destiny name is Nuta Beqsu, which means (heaven gives me balance) Nu, Nut, and Ta are Elemental powers of the Heavens: Nu is Atmosphere, Moisture, and Water, Nut is the Sky-goddess Ta represents the Sacred space. My name represents the cosmos and the universe. The Universe is always giving birth to new solar systems and stars. Ta is the original word for place, land, home, domain, and/or existence. We are all a part of and belong to, the Universe. Our land is our home, and the place for the empirical existence that we are experiencing. Nuta Beqsu seeks to live in balance and harmony between planetary and heavenly existence. We are all connected to the land, trees, microcosm and macrocosm, Inner verse, Yoni-verse, and the universe. A name is an affirmation that will be programmed into a conscious spirit, to produce thought sequences to direct a course of action, as a way to achieve success in life. Visualization is thought converted into a pleasurable visual image(s) to achieve a goal and/or purpose. We connect with Divine Power to guide and direct our pathways. As a divine name is spoken the receiver has unity of direction in life. A name reflects one's Destiny. So, the sight Sound, vision, smell, and colors associated with a divine name will give guidance in one's pathway.
In the year 2000 I purchased the Hill family home, one of the first Black Business Owner families to cross the redlined area of 27th street. I worked with them as the first Black-owned Post office and as a postal Manager and the Back office Accounts Manager for Accent Travel. In the purchase of the home, I acquired the vacant lot next door, to open the Amen Par Ankh, a Natural Life Center, Amen Ankh Urban Farm, and Amen Ankh Akademy. This was a green space for Urban Agriculture nesting around Youth initiatives, Home Scholar educational resources, and Green STE-A-M (Science Technology, Engineering, Vocational/ Industrial Arts, and Mathematics) activities. I am a blogger, hoping to publish my books and become a respected public speaker and Internet virtual educator. I have conducted several workshops at various organizations, served as a panelist, and as a keynote speaker at regional meetings.
We celebrate the circles of life as Kemetic Aboriginal Ministers, Officiating in Weddings, African Consultations and Namings, Home Blessings, Seasonal Events, and Performance Arts. We practice color, light, sound, and aromatherapy as well as electromagnetic energy healing. There is food, color, and aroma elemental essence in every venture to empower the Aku to assist in advancing Abundance, Wealth, and Prosperity. I hope you enjoy our Discussions on Arts and Crafts, Health, Mandala Healing, and Native Aboriginal and American Cultures unlimited. We will explore Sol-Feggio, Fractal Energy, and The Secret Life of Plants. Helpful Hints, and Aboriginal Philosophy.
Amen Par Ankh offers Consultations for Destiny, Health, Career, and Relationships, as well as naming from the Ka-Ma-Ta societies.
Call for your appointment: 816-281-7704. Please, Feel free to Contact me Adenike.arts@gmail.com, the Amen Ankh Urban Farm and CommuniverCity... amen.ankh@live.com or amen.parankh@gmail.com
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We Welcome your contributions to the discussions. Please Contact us for Arts, Healing, Ceremony and Classes contact: adenike.arts@gmail.com , amen.ankh@live.com or call/text: (816)281-7704
Dua (Th-ankh you!) ♥.
We Welcome your contributions to the discussions. Please Contact us for Arts, Healing, Ceremony and Classes contact: adenike.arts@gmail.com , amen.ankh@live.com or call/text: (816)281-7704
Dua (Th-ankh you!) ♥.
